Occasional smoking or secondhand smoke can cause serious illness because tissue and cellular damage are immediate, according to the report “How Tobacco
Smoke Causes Disease: The Biology and Behavioral Basis for Smoking-Attributable Disease.” Over time and with repeated exposure, the body’s ability to heal that damage weakens, the report says.

In December, 2009, the Michigan Senate and House passed the Michigan smoking ban that prohibited smoking in bars and restaurants, but not casinos and cigar bars.

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According to the MDCH:

â€¢ There are more than 7,000 chemicals in compounds in tobacco smoke, and of these, hundreds are toxic and at least 70 cause cancer.
â€¢ Exposure to smoke decreases the benefits of cancer treatments and chemotherapy.
â€¢ Smoking causes more than 85 percent of lung cancers and can cause cancer anywhere in the body.
â€¢ One in three cancer deaths in the U.S. is tobacco-related.

Do you agree with the state department of community health? What do you think of the smoking ban, a year later? Tell us what you think in the comments section below.

An alternative to smoking bans If the public was honestly and truthfully informed about the effects of second-hand smoke, there would be fewer no-smoking laws in this country. A little smoke from a handful of crushed leaves and some paper that is mixed with the air of a decently ventilated venue is going to harm or kill you? There has never been a single study showing that exposure to the low levels of smoke found in bars and restaurants with decent modern ventilation and filtration systems kills or harms anyone. As to the annoyance of smoking, a compromise between smokers and non-smokers can be reached, through setting a quality standard and the use of modern ventilation technology. Air ventilation can easily create a comfortable environment that removes not just passive smoke, but also and especially the potentially serious contaminants that are independent from smoking. Thomas Laprade for more info: http://thetruthisalie.com http://fightingback.homestead.com

Thomas Laprade

Mon, Dec 13, 2010 : 3:06 p.m.

n alternative to smoking bans If the public was honestly and truthfully informed about the effects of second-hand smoke, there would be fewer no-smoking laws in this country. A little smoke from a handful of crushed leaves and some paper that is mixed with the air of a decently ventilated venue is going to harm or kill you? There has never been a single study showing that exposure to the low levels of smoke found in bars and restaurants with decent modern ventilation and filtration systems kills or harms anyone. As to the annoyance of smoking, a compromise between smokers and non-smokers can be reached, through setting a quality standard and the use of modern ventilation technology. Air ventilation can easily create a comfortable environment that removes not just passive smoke, but also and especially the potentially serious contaminants that are independent from smoking Thomas Laprade Thunder Bay, Ont. Canada For additional info: http://thetruthisalie.com http://fightingback.homestead.com